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A SONG OF 
LONGAGO 

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEy 





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A SONG OF LONG AGO 



A SONG 
OF LONG AGO 

By 
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 




Decorated by 
Emily Hall Chamberlain 



The BobbS' Merrill Company 
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Copyright, 1883, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891. 1892, 1894, 
1897, 1898, 1901, 1905, 1913 

by 
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 

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A SONG OF 
LONG AGO 

SONG of Long Ago: 
Sing it lightly — 

sing it low — 

Sing it softly — like the lisping 
of the lips we used to kno\A^ 

When our baby-laughter spilled 

From the glad hearts ever filled 

With music blithe as 

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Let the fragrant summer- breeze. 

And the leaves of locust-trees, 

And the apple- buds and 
blossoms, and the 

wings of honey-bees. 

All palpitate with glee. 

Till the happy harmony 

Brings back each childish 

joy to you and me. 



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Where the tumbled pippins burn 

Like embers in the orchard's lap 
of tangled grass and fern, — 

There let the old path wind 

In and out and on behind 

The cider-press that 

chuckles as we grind. 







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Blend in the song the moan 

Of the dove that grieves alone. 

And the wild whir of the locust, 
and the bumble's 

drowsy drone; 

And the low of cows that call 

Through the pasture^ 

bars when all 

The landscape fades 

away at evenfalL 



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